{"id":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-006","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey; Legislature (Earned Sick Leave Law administered by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development)","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Legislature; approved by Governor Murphy Mar. 25, 2020","authority":"P.L. 2020, c. 17","instrument":"P.L. 2020, c. 17 (Senate Bill 2304)","title":"Earned sick leave usable for closures of the workplace, school or child care by order of a public official due to an epidemic or public health emergency, and for isolation or quarantine; TDI and FLI extended to quarantine; family leave for care of a child whose school or care is closed","dateIssued":"2020-03-25","effective":"2020-03-25 (effective immediately)","end":"Permanent amendments; in force through 2021 Q3 and after","startDate":"2020-03-25","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","QUAR","SCH"],"addressees":["every New Jersey employer subject to the Earned Sick Leave Law (all private employers)"],"clause":"3. a. An employer shall permit an employee to use the earned sick leave accrued pursuant to this act for any of the following:... closure of the employee\u0027s workplace, or the school or place of care of a child of the employee, by order of a public official or because of a state of emergency declared by the Governor, due to an epidemic or other public health emergency... [or where] the employee undergoes isolation or quarantine, or cares for a family member in quarantine, as a result of suspected exposure to a communicable disease...","enforcement":"Earned Sick Leave Law remedies, N.J.S.A. 34:11D-1 et seq. (Commissioner enforcement; Wage and Hour Law penalties)","functions":["WF workforce availability (school and child-care closures, quarantine)","HR leave administration","OP payroll"],"notes":"Every industry; ties employer leave duties directly to the closure orders of public officials.","sourceUrl":"https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2020/PL20/17_.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":197696,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE","url":"/library/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-006","citation":"New Jersey Legislature; approved by Governor Murphy Mar. 25, 2020, P.L. 2020, c. 17 (Senate Bill 2304) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-006)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}